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* the [[subject]] must have a [[psychotic]] [[structure]], and
* the [[Name-of-the-Father]] must be "called into [[symbolic]] opposition to the [[subject]]."<ref>{{E}} p.217</ref>
In the absence of the first condition, no confrontation with the [[Name-of-the-Father|paternal signifier]] will ever lead to [[psychosis|psychotic phenomena]]; a [[neurotic]] can never "become [[psychotic]]."<ref>{{S3}} p.15</ref>
In the absence of the second condition, the [[psychotic]] [[structure]] will remain [[latent]].
It is thus conceivable that a [[subject]] may have a [[psychotic]] [[structure]] and yet never develop [[delusions]] or experience [[hallucination]]s.
When both conditions are fulfilled, the [[psychosis]] is "triggered off," the [[latent]] [[psychosis]] becomes [[manifest]] in [[hallucination]]s and/or [[delusions]].
